Lessee.

We rode to the mouth of the Canyon at Lake Solano where the road was closed due to a fire. We heard something about the Davis Double and "backward." So we decided to ride our loop back wards up to Moskowite (yellow, same loop and direction we rode on the Foxy Fall day) and make the decision there. If the road was open, we'd continue and if the road was closed, we'd go back down to Fairfield and take the train home.

We got to the intersection of 121/128 (just above the Wooden Valley School rest stop) and Lee was looking like he was going to gack on the spot. Asthma wheezing and rasping you could hear from 50 ft away. Kim and Bill had already headed for Mosokowite so we sent Jobob after them to take their chances and I hauled Trek and Lee back to Fairfield. I deposited them at Coffee World where having had milkshakes on the morning stop there, they decided to lollygag in the shade with Italian Sodas while I rode a 25 mile time trial back to Winters to get the car (cause I decided I wanted to see if I could beat Bill, Jo and Kim on their route).

Meanwhile, Bill, Jo and Kim decided to ride on. They'll have to give you the details but there was no CHP officer at the road block up top and the CalTrains employee said "No highway patrolman here to say you can't and I don't know if there is one farther down the road who will send you back, but you can try." So off the three Darwin Award Candidates went. Their story from here on out so they'll have to supply the details of the dread and terror, the descent and return from Hades, the close call with the snake, etc.

Let it be said that I arrived in Winters only a few minutes behind them. OK, OK, they had lots of sightseeing and people to talk to on the way , such as the fire captain who said "Well, I don't see any highway patrolman here so be careful." Bill thinks he thought they were loons.

Meanwhile, the Davis Double was re-routed to do the last half as an out and back. A few folks had started before the official time and got out in front of the officials and so got to ride an extra 40 miles to get back on course.